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English adverb: sidewise

1. sidewise toward one side


SamplesThe car slipped sideways into the ditch.
Leaning sideways.
A figure moving sidewise in the shadows.


Synonymssideway, sideways

2. sidewise with one side forward or to the front


SamplesTurned sideways to show the profile.
Crabs seeming to walk sidewise.


Synonymssideway, sideways

3. sidewise from the side; obliquely


SamplesA picture lit sideways.
Scenes viewed sidewise.


Synonymssideway, sideways









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